I would appreciate the citation of the copyright section which authorizes
the making of a digital copy for the purpose you describe. 110 ain't it.

Ben Achtenberg

At 12:04 PM 2/28/03 -0800, you wrote:>--=====================_24918818==.ALT>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable>>Except....I bet this gets something started...>>(Primarily, for Distance Education and Digital Video delivery)>The institution may convert from analog to digital the portion or amount of=>=20>that work authorized>to be used under Section 110(2) if:>=B7 no digital version of a work is available to the institution or>=B7 the digital version that is available is subject to technological=20>measures that prevent its>use for distance education>>Basically, if you need a DIGITAL version for Educational use (i.e. meeting=>=20>all the criteria for that part of the Code) you can convert, but only if=20>you cannot purchase it from the owner in a digitized format. You really=20>don't want to do the digitization if you don't have to, but you can if it=20>is not available.>>You are right, though, in that a TAPE would be illegal.